Re: [9fans] Writer's Workbench (was: troff refer and bib)

[sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9fans@sirjofri.de>]

09.04.2021 23:45:47 Xiao-Yong Jin <meta.jxy@gmail.com>:
>> On Apr 9, 2021, at 12:57 PM, sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9fans@sirjofri.de> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Writer's Workbench
>>
>> https://git.sr.ht/~sirjofri/wwb9
>>
>> (Works on 9, but I need to make it better for different platforms and 
>> some tools need adjustments. Send patches.)
>
> What exactly is the license?  Even just reading code of unclear license 
> could get many people in trouble.

TL;DR: "non-commercial
copying, distribution, performance, display or creation of derivative 
works" is allowed.


Sadly the license is not open-source! That's why I added the note and 
didn't change much, especially not the license notes. I also didn't add 
license information on purpose, so people like you will have to ask and 
search for more info.

See this document for more info about why I felt free to port it: 
https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Norman_v9/statement_regarding_Unix_3-7-17.pdf


"will not assert its copyright rights with respect to any non-commercial
copying, distribution, performance, display or creation of derivative 
works"

If I understand that correctly I should be fine and the distribution of 
the port is legal under the mentioned terms, but of course I cannot 
simply change the license. It is _not_ my code nor my software, I just 
made it work on 9 and added some rc files. My additions can be considered 
as open source, but I'm not sure if I can just state that in the repo.

I should add some notes about the original source and the statement, I 
think.

I hope this helps. I don't think I can help more than that, and Ianal. If 
you need help with the software you can ask, of course.

When testing, I should mention it works on 9front. I didn't test it on 
any other fork, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work.

sirjofri

Btw I'd love to release it under an open source license, if I can. These 
tools are old, but still helpful and can be used in comparison with 
modern tools, maybe even in combination and for developing better tools 
in the future.

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